Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$13.10
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$27.30
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $12.29 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $1.81 | ↓ -86% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $2.00 | ↓ -85% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $3.17 | ↓ -76% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $3.38 | ↓ -74% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $4.00 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $4.07 | ↓ -69% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $4.92 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $5.28 | ↓ -60% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $6.02 | ↓ -54% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $6.30 | ↓ -52% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $6.68 | ↓ -49% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $6.97 | ↓ -47% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $6.98 | ↓ -47% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $7.20 | ↓ -45% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $7.34 | ↓ -44% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $7.56 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $9.17 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $9.73 | ↓ -26% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $11.44 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $12.29 | ↓ -6% |
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Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $13.10 | $4.07 – $11.44 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $15.29 | $5.84 – $13.57 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $15.29 | $5.84 – $13.57 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $13.44 | $3.41 – $16.91 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $13.10 | $4.07 – $11.44 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $15.29 | $5.84 – $13.57 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $15.29 | $5.84 – $13.57 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $15.29 | $3.81 – $24.02 |